Jessica Vara
@jessicavara.bsky.social
no one way works: it will take all of us, shoving at the thing from all sides, to bring it down - diane di prima 🏳️⚧️🚩💚🏳️🌈
When every lightless day
feels heavier inside
and hope is hard to see,
I sit beside the bay
to hear the breathing tide
and let it sing for me
#poetry #poem #blueskypoetry
feels heavier inside
and hope is hard to see,
I sit beside the bay
to hear the breathing tide
and let it sing for me
#poetry #poem #blueskypoetry
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
When every lightless day
feels heavier inside
and hope is hard to see,
I sit beside the bay
to hear the breathing tide
and let it sing for me
#poetry #poem #blueskypoetry
feels heavier inside
and hope is hard to see,
I sit beside the bay
to hear the breathing tide
and let it sing for me
#poetry #poem #blueskypoetry
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Keir Starmer did everything he could to be US poodle and his strategy has ended in total humiliation. Both him and Farage are puppets of a hostile foreign nation.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
It's obvious that if someone is a bully - you don't just keep appeasing them.
Disastrous strategy by Labour.
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Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
not my house, but I know my way around
January 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
not my house, but I know my way around
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black-tip gull, streaking
down the flight of a sunbeam
at nothing but joy
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
down the flight of a sunbeam
at nothing but joy
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
December 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
black-tip gull, streaking
down the flight of a sunbeam
at nothing but joy
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
down the flight of a sunbeam
at nothing but joy
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
January 13, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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the earth in timelapse,
colours flicker like feelings;
green fading to grief
#haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #senryu #dailyhaikuprompt
colours flicker like feelings;
green fading to grief
#haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #senryu #dailyhaikuprompt
January 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
the earth in timelapse,
colours flicker like feelings;
green fading to grief
#haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #senryu #dailyhaikuprompt
colours flicker like feelings;
green fading to grief
#haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #senryu #dailyhaikuprompt
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"... the lie, which emotes power, also issues a challenge. Are you going to stand for this? Vance and friends need to be careful, because sooner or later enough Americans will say "No"."
The Power of the Bare-Faced Lie
Sympathies to the family of Renee Macklin Good, the woman murdered by an ICE agent on Wednesday. And solidarity with the people of Minneapol...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:27 PM
"... the lie, which emotes power, also issues a challenge. Are you going to stand for this? Vance and friends need to be careful, because sooner or later enough Americans will say "No"."
the fascists' game is
musical chairs. at the end,
there are no chairs left
#senryu #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
musical chairs. at the end,
there are no chairs left
#senryu #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
January 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
the fascists' game is
musical chairs. at the end,
there are no chairs left
#senryu #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
musical chairs. at the end,
there are no chairs left
#senryu #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
January 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
January 8, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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In 2020, Renee Nicole Good won the Academy of American Poets Prize for that year. I have linked the #poem below.
Today, ICE murdered her in cold blood in front of her wife.
We will honor you, Renee, and we will not be silent.
#ReneeNicoleGood
Today, ICE murdered her in cold blood in front of her wife.
We will honor you, Renee, and we will not be silent.
#ReneeNicoleGood
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
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January 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
In 2020, Renee Nicole Good won the Academy of American Poets Prize for that year. I have linked the #poem below.
Today, ICE murdered her in cold blood in front of her wife.
We will honor you, Renee, and we will not be silent.
#ReneeNicoleGood
Today, ICE murdered her in cold blood in front of her wife.
We will honor you, Renee, and we will not be silent.
#ReneeNicoleGood
new year's resolutions:
1. actually finish stuff
2. show it to people
3. repeat steps 1 & 2
1. actually finish stuff
2. show it to people
3. repeat steps 1 & 2
January 1, 2026 at 10:31 AM
new year's resolutions:
1. actually finish stuff
2. show it to people
3. repeat steps 1 & 2
1. actually finish stuff
2. show it to people
3. repeat steps 1 & 2
Someone flips on Jools Holland's Hootenanny and The Kooks are playing and suddenly I remember watching The Kooks live at the Isle of Wight Festival TWENTY YEARS AGO and I would like a refund on this whole ageing business pls
January 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Someone flips on Jools Holland's Hootenanny and The Kooks are playing and suddenly I remember watching The Kooks live at the Isle of Wight Festival TWENTY YEARS AGO and I would like a refund on this whole ageing business pls
this is such a great idea, getting in on this too
One of my goals for 2026 is to write haiku inspired by paintings.
I’m kicking things off with a haiku inspired by Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech (1943).
Feel free to join if you’d like.
in neighbors' gaze
the depth
of his speech
I’m kicking things off with a haiku inspired by Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech (1943).
Feel free to join if you’d like.
in neighbors' gaze
the depth
of his speech
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
this is such a great idea, getting in on this too
Ducked off the street into a hotel corridor to get out of the rain, stood inside a few minutes before realising I was standing next to then-future chancellor Rachel Reeves and (remember him?) Dan Jarvis, waiting to go onstage to speak at a panel
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ducked off the street into a hotel corridor to get out of the rain, stood inside a few minutes before realising I was standing next to then-future chancellor Rachel Reeves and (remember him?) Dan Jarvis, waiting to go onstage to speak at a panel
such a lovely christmas but soo tired and socialed out, time to hibernate until next year 😅
December 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
such a lovely christmas but soo tired and socialed out, time to hibernate until next year 😅
fresh-picked emotion
dried and pressed to nature's page;
the art of haiku
#haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt
dried and pressed to nature's page;
the art of haiku
#haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt
December 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
fresh-picked emotion
dried and pressed to nature's page;
the art of haiku
#haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt
dried and pressed to nature's page;
the art of haiku
#haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt
winter solstice, mist
like steam beneath the streetlamps;
breath of a ghost sun
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
like steam beneath the streetlamps;
breath of a ghost sun
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
December 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
winter solstice, mist
like steam beneath the streetlamps;
breath of a ghost sun
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
like steam beneath the streetlamps;
breath of a ghost sun
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
black-tip gull, streaking
down the flight of a sunbeam
at nothing but joy
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
down the flight of a sunbeam
at nothing but joy
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
December 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
black-tip gull, streaking
down the flight of a sunbeam
at nothing but joy
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
down the flight of a sunbeam
at nothing but joy
#haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry
Greens really likely to get major liftoff before Your Party can even set out its stall, assuming its self-inflicted wounds aren't already mortal
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Greens really likely to get major liftoff before Your Party can even set out its stall, assuming its self-inflicted wounds aren't already mortal
me: i have good news and bad news. you're transgender.
young me: wait, is that the good news or the bad news
me: yes
young me: wait, is that the good news or the bad news
me: yes
September 5, 2024 at 2:31 PM
me: i have good news and bad news. you're transgender.
young me: wait, is that the good news or the bad news
me: yes
young me: wait, is that the good news or the bad news
me: yes